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Re: Using TV without compromising core...
Posted by Al Skierkiewicz at 05/29/2001 1:51 PM EST


Engineer on team #111, Wildstang, from Wheeling High & Rolling Meadows High and Motorola.


In Reply to: Using TV without compromising core...
Posted by Joe Johnson on 05/25/2001 12:05 PM EST:



Joe,
You are on the right track. In order to get good TV coverage, there needs to be an audience. (perceived or otherwise) A good audience brings revenue. (The secret word.) Since Battlebots etc. have an audience that competition will continue to grow (more than exponentially from the looks of things) until they run out of audience. Why will they run out of audience? Simply because the competition doesn't touch enough people, it isn't open to the general population, just those with enough time and money to participate. First on the otherhand is available (or will be soon) to any high school student who wishes to participate. Our business partners have yet to put their weight behind pushing TV coverage and the media have not found it on their own.
So where does that leave us? We need to have a concerted effort to have local/regional competitions covered by local TV outlets (even if only cable to start), in conjunction with a push by business partners to get local coverage and the FIRST organization coordinating some kind of national coverage. If Dean and FIRST staff can get the likes of Xerox, Motorola, The big Three auto makers, etc. to sponsor teams, then national TV coverage is just around the corner. We all need to do our part, but I for one think that national TV coverage is coming soon. I will continue working on anyone who will listen and remain patient until it happens.
Al
P.S. I didn't know you were persnikety, I thought all engineers were like that.




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